Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology

ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Pin with Bird Finial

Possible OriginAfghanistan, Asia

Date1st-6th Century CE

MediumBronze

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions4 5/8 x 11/16 in., 3/16 in., 17 g (11.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.5 cm, 5/8 oz.)

Object number2018.010.937

Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes, Marseille, Archeologie (25 Avril 1974), lot 71.

ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes, Marseille, France, April 25, 1974, lot 71 (part). Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

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